Siphon-bottle filler.



`N0.7zo,682. PATBNTBD Pla-13.17, 190,3.;

c. s. DOLLEY.

sIPHoN BOTTLE 4PILLER. APPLICATION. FILED MAY 20. 1902. v

N0 MODEL.

` UNITED STATES,V

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SUMNER DOLLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

slPHoN-B'oT-TLEFILLEH.

SPECIFICATION forming peut ef Letters Patent Ne. 720,682, dated February17, 1903.

Appneetien nea Mey zo, 1902.

To a/ZZ whom lit may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES SUMNER DOL- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinV Siphon-Bottle Fillers; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference .marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements insiphon-bottle-filling apparatus; and it consists in the provision of asuitable casing or shell adapted for communication with a tank holdingaerated liquids and provided with a conical-shaped turningplug therein,which has a bearing at one end in a recess in the casing and its otherend journaled in a recessed cap screwed to the shell or casing, and inthe provision of a spring-pressed arm, which may beintegral with orsecured to the turning-plug, and having a cup at the outer end of thearm in which the nose of the Siphon is inserted preparatory to the armbeing depressed, whereby communication may be had between thestorage-tank and the bottle to be filled, means being provided wherebythe supply of aerated liquid is automatically cut off and the gas andwater remaining in the filling arm and cup allowed to snilf to theatmosphere.

The invention consists, further, in `various details of construction,arrangements, and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike parts in the views, in which- Figure l is a transverse sectionalview through an apparatus embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2is a sectional view taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail view of the turnserin No. 108,247. die model.)

ing-plug and the filling-arm with cup carried at the end thereof.

Reference now being .had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a shell 0r casing, which may be of any desired shape andmounted on a hollow standard B, having a central duct B passing throughthe same and opening into the chambered portion of said shell or casing.The inner wall of said shell or casing is recessed, as at C, to form abearing for a lug DQ which is integral with the conical-shapedturning-plug D. Said turning-plug is provided with an arm E, which ishollow and maybe integral with orsecured to said plug and is allowed torock with the turning-plug and limited in its movement in oppositedirections by means ot' the shoulders l F and F', which are formed bycutting away a portion of thewall of the shell or casing. The duct E',which runs longitudinally and centrally through said arm, extends to thecenter of the plug and thence turns with an angle and opens through thecircumference of the turning-plug at any suitable location, and whensaid 'arm is thrown to itslowest position the portion ofthe duct whichopens through the circumference of the plug is adapted to register withthe passage-way K in the standard or support for the casing, whichlatter passage-way K is adapted to communicate with a source of supplyof the aerated liquid. A port Nis formed in the wall of said casing orshell at any suitable location intermediate the passage-way K and therocking arm, which is provided for the purpose of allowing the liquid orgas which remains in the duct in the plug and arm to sniff ing movementagainst the under side of the arm E in arecess e. Fitted over the outerupturned end of said arm, through which the duct in said arm leads, is acup L, having a central bore, the wall of which is threaded to fit thethreads of a shoulder L. A suitable washer R is adapted to rest on theupturned end of said arm within the threaded shoulder, and the cup isprovided, preferably, with a iiexible disk O, through the centralaperture of which the end of asiphon-bottle is adapted to be passed andto be held against said washer.

In order to hold the turning-plug D in place within the easing, a cap Qis provided, which has internal threads Q' upon its iange designed toiit the left-hand threads formed upon the shoulder D2 of said casing orshell. The inner face ot' the cap Q is centrally recessed, as at Q2, toform a bearing for the lug C', which is integral with the turning-plug,and a spring-disk Q3 is interposed between the enlarged end of theturning-plug and the inner face of said cap Q for the purpose of holdingthe plug securely in place Within the shell. A second cap S is provided,having right-handed threads on the inner circu Inference of its iiangewhich are adapted to fit over similarly-arranged threads on a secondshoulder D3 upon said shell or casing, said cap S being provided for thepurpose of securely holding the cap Q from becoming loosened from thethreaded shoulder D2 on the shell.

The operation of my device will be readily understood and is as follows:The end of the Siphon-tube being first inserted through the flexiblediaphragm and against the Washer at the outer end of the lilliugarm, thelatter is depressed against the tension of the spring M, and when theend of the duct passing through the filling-arm and the turning-plugcomes into registration with the passage-way K,lead ing to the supply ofaerated liquid, the latter will be forced up through the duct iu thefiliing-arm and into the Siphon-bottle. When the bottle is filled andpressure is released from the iilling-arm, the latter will be thrown bythe spring into a substantially horizontal position, and communicationwill be cut olf between passage-Way K and the duct E in theturning-plug, and the inlet end to the duct leading into theturning-plug will come into registration with the port N, and theremaining liquid and gas in the port E and the lling-arm will be allowedto sni to the atmosphere.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A Siphon-filling apparatus comprising a casing, a tapering plug withlugs projecting from the ends thereof, a cap, recesses in said casingand cap in which said lugs have bearings, and an integralspring-actuated fillingarm on the plug passing through an aperture inthe Wall of the casing and having a duct passing through the same andsaid plug, as set forth. n 2. A siphon-filling apparatus, comprisingacasing or shell, a turning-plug having a bearing at one end in saidshell, a cap having a left-handed threaded Iiauge fitted on the casingand in which the opposite end of said plug has a bearing, a second capwith a flange, having right-handed threads, fitted over the other cap, alilling-arm carried by the plug and having a play in a cut-away portionof the casing and provided with a duct passing through said plug anddesigned to communi- Cate with a passage-way leading to asupplyreservoir, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SUMNER DOLLEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY G. I-IUNDERMARK, WILLIAM E. S'roKEs.

